Chapter 451: Controlling Wind City
Chapter 451: Chapter 451: Controlling Wind City
After Bai Ling’s arrival, the four of them exchanged a few pleasantries before finally getting down to business. Looking at Lin Yun, Bai Ling said bluntly, "Your master came to see me. He told me about your situation."Lin Yun hadn’t expected Luo Feng to have actually sought out Bai Ling. Though inwardly stunned, he maintained a calm facade and asked, "Patriarch Bai, what do you mean by that...?"
"I’m sure you all know about the mysterious organization," Bai Ling replied. "Your master’s intention is very simple: he hopes the Bai Family and He Family of Wind City will stop their infighting and present a united front."
’I can’t believe she brought up Luo Feng right away,’ Lin Yun thought, caught off guard. ’But what does he mean by a "united front"?’
’Reconciling the Bai Family and the He Family wouldn’t be difficult,’ he mused. ’But resolving the conflicts among the Ten Core Disciples is another matter entirely. Given the Bai Family’s status in Wind City, every Core Disciple would do their utmost to win them over.’
’Furthermore, Wind City has up to a hundred families, large and small, and many of them support different Core Disciples. How could it possibly be easy to get the entire city to unite against an external threat?’
’Luo Feng wants to turn Wind City, a city of nearly ten billion people, into an iron fortress. The difficulty of that is immense.’
Seeing Lin Yun remain silent, Bai Ling smiled and said, "Young Master Lin, are you pondering your master’s intentions?"
"That’s right," Lin Yun replied without reservation. "It’s easier said than done to quell all of Wind City’s overt and covert struggles in a short period. Never mind the several hundred families; the fact that each of them supports a different Core Disciple is enough to guarantee constant conflict."
’What I said is true,’ Lin Yun thought, ’but there’s a more important point I left unsaid. Are there still moles from that organization planted within Flawless Palace?’
’Is Chang Jing the only one among the Core Disciples, or are there others? If there are, getting Wind City to unite will be incredibly difficult.’
’If there are still members of that organization among the Core Disciples, they certainly wouldn’t stand by and watch Wind City become an impenetrable fortress without taking action.’
"Young Master Lin, I came today for two main reasons," Bai Ling continued, as Lin Yun wondered what scheme Luo Feng was cooking up this time. "One concerns my Bai Family, and the other is something your master has instructed you to do."
Hearing this, Lin Yun said, "Please speak, Patriarch Bai."
"First, I came today wanting to form an alliance with you, Young Master Lin. Or, to put it another way, just like the He Family, my Bai Family is willing to submit to you. I only hope that in the future, Young Master Lin, you won’t forget the Bai Family or show favoritism."